MSI VGA Graphic Cards RX 580 Gaming X 8G

This my opinion of this msi Rx 550 Lp card. i have a dell 780 desktop with 255W PSU. You will only need one slot, but have room for the dual fan.That is why its like a 2 slot card. Thankfully it fits,and work i my system. my previous card was a GT 1030,and it was fast,and a great card,but it let me down at times with the games freezing,and stuttering at times with my system,and lack features like ansel,or anything to make it a GTX. I also realized that i will never be able to get a GTX 1050 in my system which has 112 GBs cause of its design has to have two pci slots,and i got no pci slots left. This Rx 550 also has 112 gbs,and not as fast, but it performs superb,and smooth and fluid. i run it without chill or the frtc so it can be its fastest. i tried a comparsion on my system with its rival GT 1030. To me even though it has a slower boost clock it runs smooth,and and faster on most games including aaa games on high or max settings then the gt 1030.besides you do not really notice anything but smoother running games.Its already factory overclocked,and if i overclock it i get only a few more fps. so i do not use it. It also has better visuals,and brighter colors,and the crimson relive software is great cause you have control of everything on the card,and even overclock with amd wattman. I play action,fps,simulations,flight,and others and its performance is amazing during game play,and also esports play them too. i am not knocking the gt 1030 cause its a great card too, but i think this rx 550 is better. But brought it for performance in all games with high,max and ultra settings at 1080p,and my media experience is all hd. which is crystal clear,and sharp. the crimson relive software give you everything to make a true RX card. One thing I know if struggles gaming during play I have not seen it yet. Train sim 2017,and fsx run smooth with ultra settings.i mention this games cause they are graphically demanding,and they use to freeze for a brief moment,and now they do not. I also love the dual fans keeps my card cool even with a heavy load during are gameplay,and they quiet too. the main thing about the dual fans is a better cooling overall. 112 gbs is better then 48 gbs,,and that equals better game play,and overall performance which is what i was looking for. i am happy with this card,and recommend it.

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That's 5star shipping .msi RX 570 Armor 8g OC ( generation 2 )newer boards have 2 HDMI , 2 DP , 1 DVI-D( BIOS March 2018 )One 8 pin power connector . board length 10.6 inches .about 2 pounds ( 892 grams )2048 Stream precesses ( half that of the new RX 5700 )224 Gig Bytes of memory bandwidth RX 570 .448 Gig Bytes of memory bandwidth RX 5700 .RX 570 170RX 5700 350RX 570 half price for half the performance , at about the same power .Below details setup and game use :quiet fans , 5 watts when on desk top .runs at a max temperature of about 74 C under full load .Temperature can be less when making custom wattman profiles .room temperture plays a factor with GPU temperature .Max power is about 106 watts under full load usingdefault voltage values .When under-Volting , max power is about 96 wattsunder full load .How to keep it cool :Back Plate radiates a lot of heat .to keep the case inside cool , a fan ( 3 inches or so ) can beset on top of the GPU Back Plate , with the Fan blowing\ventingstraight out to room environment . Cass temperature is nownormal . Mother board and video card have temperatures as expected .The card has massive ( 2 fans and heatsink ) but no venting tooutside of case ( You must find a way to Fan Vent the case )Stays cool best when the Fans have direct access to ambient airintake , while Fan venting the case to ambient room .( Shrouds might help , not using shrouds here )Back Plate can get warm . Keep ALL cables OFF the back plate .Heat will eventually soften the rubber sheething and ruin the cables.custom wattman profiles :GPU 1165 Mhz at 900 mV , Memory 1750 Mhz at 900 mV( Under-clocked and under-volted , 60 watts at 60 C , ( this is my main use game profile )orGPU 1400 Mhz at 1100 mV , Memory 1400 Mhz at 765 mV( overclocked , 85 watts at 71 C )orGPU 1400 Mhz at 1100 mV , Memory 2100 Mhz at 1000 mV( overclocked , 96 watts at 74 C )orGPU 300 Mhz at 750 mV , Memory 300 Mhz at 750 mV( desktop use , 5 watts fans OFF , at 30 C to 39 C )oruse their "Default" : auto ramps GPU from 300 Mhz to 1286 Mhz .Note :all of my custom profiles set GPU "State 1" min = maxall of my custom profiles set Memory "State 2" min = maxThus ALL frequencies operate at "Fixed Frequency" No ramp up\down .( CPU has very little impact on GPU fps performance )Fan curve :25 C at 31 %50 C at 31 %60 C at 60 %70 C at 70 %85 C at 90 %ReLive recordings :4k at 30 fps2k at 60 fpspress Ctrl-Shift-R anytime to start\stop recording .only have a 1080p monitor\TV ? you can still record in 4k .use SVR ( Super Virtual Resolution )( if you have a 4k monitor\TV , SVR has No purpose )When using SVR with your 1080p monitor\TV ,turn SVR On in Radeon "Display" Tab Settings .( i recommend a reboot after SVR is turned ON\OFF )when in game menu , you now have 3840 x 2160 resolution choice .all GPU processing occurs at 3840 x 2160 , then the output to theFrame Buffer is down scaled to 1080p for your 1080p monitor\TV .When pressing Ctrl-Shift-R , the game will now record using theGPU internal 4k processing .you can game at 4k and record at 4k , while using a 1080p monitor .oryou can choose to stay at 1920 x 1080 game resolution and record at 1080p .processing still occurs at 4k inside GPU . Something of a hardware Super-Sampling mode .orkeep SVR OFF , and ( play and record ) at 1080p , on your 1080p monitor\TV .Recordings are ( h.264 or h.265 ) to .mp4 your choice . Audio has perfect sync .bit rate slider max at 100 Mbps .Recommend using AMD HDMI audio sound device when recording ..mp4 imports into Vegas 14 or newer for HEVC h.265 .Want to record the desk top at 4k , on your 1080p monitor\TV ?yes you can . With SVR ON , now go into window' Settings andand set Display properites to 3840 x 2160 . All desk top processingnow occurs at 4k inside the GPU , while the desk top is scaled down to 1080p .Screen captures and recordings are Full Quality 4k .The desk top fonts may take on a slight fuzz because of the down samplingto 1080p however , the desktop 4k recordings come from the GPU at Full quality 4k .Whenever windows display resolution is set to 4k\2k , i recommend a reboot .Radeon Overlay :Radeon Settings , click "Preferences" Tab at bottom of Home Screen ,click "Show Overlay" . Overlay is now available but NOT yet visible .Now press ALT-R to show the full overlay Menu .orpress Ctrl_Shift-o , to view GPU stats .Dying Light does NOT like the showing GPU stats( overlay )when in SVR using 4k in game menu . the AMD driver will crash .( for normal gaming , keep ALL overlays OFF , "Show Overlay" OFF )passive Speed boost performance smoothness increase ."Shadow Map" in game setting :do NOT use AA .Blur is ok to have ON .Moti0n Blur is the Continious Bluring as you move ( i keep this OFF )Dying Light , reduce Shadow Map from "Very High" to "High"All remaining settings can be ON to the max , includingNvidia post processing . runs nice at 1080p ."Witcher 3" , reduce Shadow Map from "Ultra" to "High"panning is now smooth at 1080p .DOOM 2016 with Vulkan API , does NOT seem to haveShadow Map size issues .thus Shadow Map "Nightmare" works just fine at 1080p .8 gig VRAM is plenty to access max Shadow Map size ,but , causes too much pixel processing on the GPUto determine which pixels are found to be "in shadow"and than to paint each pixel that were found to be"in shadow" to black\gray value .

Excelent product

I got this as an upgrade from a Radeon HD7850 which was getting a bit long in the tooth.Initial impressions after using it for a few weeks:PROS:* 60+ FPS on a few years old game with details cranked to max including 4x FSAA at FHD (1080p).* Quiet (at idle, the fans shut off, and at full utilization the fan noise blends into the rest of the system fan noise).* Temps never exceed 75C under load (as long as the system has good airflow).* Very smooth performance.* Great value for the price I paid.CONS:* Not sure if this is the card or my system (but this never happened with my old card), but occasionally whatever game I'm playing will minimize and focus will shift to my desktop. The game has not crashed, but is still running in the background: when I switch back to the game using the taskbar it's right where I left it. Could be very annoying if it happens at the wrong time (especially during games that can't pause, like MMOs).* It's quite large (it's height barely fits the width of my full ATX tower case.OVERALL:Don't expect to use this card for maxed out details beyond FHD, but if, like me, you need to upgrade from 5-6 years ago (or more), this is a great (not so) little graphics card that will easily handle everything that's currently out there and (hopefully) will provide good performance for the next several years. If you can find it around $170 or less, it's a great value, even though it's previous generation tech.